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diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 84f50a46c..6b85eb6ab 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ installation-guide (2009xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Frans Pop ] * Add missing hyphen in command "kbd-config". With thanks to Tapio Lehtonen. Closes: #545584. + * Include a caution in the IA64 version of the manual against using IA64 + for "normal" 64-bit Intel systems. -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:01:59 +0200 diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index 1d02bd440..6f8f784e6 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -186,7 +186,18 @@ for information on any of the other Debian-supported architectures take a look at the <ulink url="http://www.debian.org/ports/">Debian-Ports</ulink> pages. -</para><para condition="new-arch"> +</para> +<caution arch="ia64"><para> + +The &arch-title; architecture only supports Intel Itanium processors +and not the much more common 64-bit processors from the EM64T family +(including e.g. the Pentium D and the Core2 Duo). Those +systems are supported by the <emphasis>amd64</emphasis> architecture +or, if you prefer a 32-bit userland, the <emphasis>i386</emphasis> +architecture. + +</para></caution> +<para condition="new-arch"> This is the first official release of &debian; for the &arch-title; architecture. We feel that it has proven itself sufficiently to be |